Klarinet Archive - Posting 000255.txt from 1997/05

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: College Auditions
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 21:43:19 -0400

On Fri, 9 May 1997, Stephen Cranefield wrote:

> Three minor modes? I have only ever heard of two: melodic minor and
> harmonic minor. What is the third?

Natural, or "pure" minor, where no chromatic inflections
are introduced beyond the given key signature.